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Celestial Sophia

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Celestial Sophia. This picture is the Goddess Sophia cutting out animals to make chimaeras. In heraldry a chimaera is an animal made up of parts of different species. The word is also used to suggest any idle or wild fancy or an erroneous notion. In this sequence of poems all these meanings are combined in a witty and humorous way but not excluding wider implications.

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Arthur Moyse, Freedom